WSU VOLLEYBALL HOME FOR COUGAR CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
The Washington State University volleyball team, 2-0 and ranked 28th in the Aug. 28 AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, plays at home for the first time this season, hosting the five-team Cougar Challenge tournament Thursday-Saturday in Bohler Gym...Cougs take on Incarnate Word (0-0) Aug. 31 at 1:45 p.m. and then Baylor (2-1) at 8 p.m...Sept. 1 WSU plays Quinnipiac (0-3 pending 8/29 vs. Bryant) at Noon, and College of Charleston (2-1 pending 8/29 vs. Charleston South) at 7:30 p.m...complete tournament schedule below...all WSU Cougar Challenge matches will be webcast at wsucougars.com.

2017 COUGAR CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT, BOHLER GYM
Thursday, Aug. 31 
    9 a.m.    Quinnipiac vs. Incarnate Word
    1:45 p.m.    WSU vs. Incarnate Word
    5:30 p.m.    College of Charleston vs. Quinnipiac
    8 p.m.    WSU vs. Baylor
Friday, Sept. 1
    Noon    WSU vs. Quinnipiac
    2:30 p.m.    Incarnate Word vs. College of Charleston
    5 p.m.    Baylor vs. Quinnipiac
    7:30 p.m.    WSU vs. College of Charleston
Saturday, Sept. 2
    10 a.m.    College of Charleston vs. Baylor

Tickets are $10 adult reserved, $7 adult general admission, youth (ages 2-18), senior and student/student guest general admission is $5

HOME MATCH WEBCASTS
Home matches for the WSU volleyball team in 2017 that are not broadcast by Pac-12 Networks will be webcast for free on the official site www.wsucougars.com...to find the link, go to the Volleyball Schedule page, and click on Live Video to view home matches.

WSU COACHING STAFF
Jen Stinson Greeny is in her seventh season as WSU's head coach (93-104 at WSU, 7 years; 205-128 in career, 11 years)...2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year...Greeny bio on page 5...staff includes associate head coach Burdette Greeny (seventh year) and assistant coach Shannon Hunt (fifth year)...all coaches are former WSU student-athletes...technical operations Grant Schoenlein (first year), volunteer coach James Dorr (second year) and student coach Kyra Holt...Kaysie Shebenick is coordinator of operations (first year).

COUGARS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
In the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Aug. 28 Poll the Cougars are 28th, up one spot from the preseason poll last week...one of the Cougar Challenge teams, Baylor, is ranked No. 29 this week...in other preseason national rankings include: VolleyMob.com - 26th; PrepVolleyball.com - 22nd; Pablo Rankings - 23rd; Rich Kern Poll - 29th; RKPI - 38th; and Massey Ratings - 25th...WSU will play eight teams this season that are ranked or have received votes in the AVCA Coaches Preseason Top 25 Poll...complete poll on page 4.

More in the PDF attached.